Cap. 16 Art. 330Usufruct is constituted by law or by man. Cap. 56.

(1) Usufruct may be constituted either by law or by the will of man; in the latter case, if the usufruct refers to immovable property, it may not be constituted except by a public deed, and, if constituted by a deed inter vivos, it shall not be operative with regard to third parties except from the time when the deed is registered in the Public Registry upon the demand of any of the interested parties or of the notary before whom the deed was executed.

(2) The note for the registration of the deed shall contain the designation of the parties as specified therein, the date and nature of the deed, and an indication of the thing to which the deed refers in accordance with the provisions of the Public Registry Act, and it shall be signed by the notary before whom the deed was executed.